Eliane Brum is a writer, journalist and documentary filmmaker. One of the most awarded reporters in Brazil’s history, in 2021 she received the Maria Moors Cabot Award, from Columbia University, for her entire work. She is the creator, founder and editorial director of trilingual platform Sumaúma – journalism from the center of the world, based in the Amazon, and an international section columnist for the Spanish newspaper El País. She has published 9 books and directed four documentaries. Her most recent books are Brasil Construtor de Ruínas, um olhar sobre o país, de Lula a Bolsonaro [Brazil Builder of Ruins, a look at the country, from Lula to Bolsonaro] (Arquipélago, 2019) and Banzeiro òkòtó, uma viagem à Amazônia Centro do Mundo [Banzeiro òkòtó, a journey to the Amazon Centre of the World] (Companhia das Letras, 2021).

Vanja Poty is an actress, performer and director from São Paulo who lives in Manaus. Acting and performance professor of the Theatre course, of the Professional Master’s Degree in Arts (PROF-ARTES – UFAM/UEA) and coordinator of the specialisation in Art Teaching at the University of the State of Amazonas. PhD in Performing Arts from UNICAMP, postdoctoral fellow at Hemispheric Encounters (York University/Canada), researcher and proponent of the extension and research project Núcleo de Práticas Meditativas no Treinamento do Artista (NUPRAMTA), since 2015.